On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Mikie wrote:

>
> When I run the server with the function above and the following string
> from a text box I get
> [y=-1,x=0].  The string is "[3*x-y-1,x+(1/3)*y]"
>
> It is changing the input value to [3*x-y-1,x]

1/3 = 0 in Python. Also, I hope you realize how dangerous

eval("random string someone gave you from the web") is!

- Robert

>
> On Sep 1, 10:38 am, Mikie <thephantom6...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Sorry, wrong function
>>
>> def MSolveSys(syss):
>>    eqns=eval(syss)
>>    solns=maxima.solve(eqns)
>>    return solns
>>
>> On Sep 1, 10:31 am, Jason Grout <jason-s...@creativetrax.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Robert Bradshaw wrote:
>>>> On Sep 1, 2009, at 9:17 AM, Mikie wrote:
>>
>>>>> Here is function I am using to solve systems of linear equations.
>>
>>>>> def MSolveSys(syss):
>>>>>    eqns=eval(syss)
>>>>>    solns=maxima.solve(syss)
>>>>>    return solns
>>
>>>>> Works great in the notebook, but when I put it in a Python script it
>>>>> rounds the coeficients of the variables and thus produces bad
>>>>> solutions.
>>
>>>> Perhaps eval here is the culprit. You might have to parse it a bit  
>>>> yourself. SR("...") will parse expressions.
>>
>>> Mikie effectively isn't using "eval", right?  That line (and the "eqns"
>>> variable) is not being used.
>>
>>> Jason
>>
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